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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Authentication Most grid infrastructures including the ones based on EGEE/LCG middleware use X.509 certificates. How does it work: –Each user, system or service must have a certificate that is used for authentication purposes –In order to identify and authenticate univocally each subject (user, system or service) the certificate must be signed by a trusted authority that asserts that the certificate belongs to the subject –These are the so called certification authorities (CAs) that:  Accept certificate requests and verify the subject identity  Signing the successfully verified certificates  Revoke certificates when needed  Issue lists of revoked certificates –An X.509 authentication infrastructure is called a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) because its based on public and private keys

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Authentication In the grid world one single CA usually covers a predefined geographic region or administrative domain: –Organization –Country –A set of countries A common trust domain for grid computing has been created to join the several existing certification authorities into a single authentication domain and thus enabling sharing of grid resources worldwide. –The International Grid Trust Federation (IGTF) has been created to coordinate and manage this trust domain. –IGTF is divided in three Policy Management Authorities (PMAs) covering the Asia Pacific, Europe and Americas.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, EUgridPMA Is a body to establish requirements and best practices for grid identity providers to enable a common trust domain applicable to authentication of end-entities in inter-organisational access to distributed resources. As its main activity the EUGridPMA coordinates a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for use with Grid authentication middleware. The EUGridPMA itself does not provide identity assertions, but instead asserts that the certificates issued by the Accredited Authorities meet or exceed the relevant guidelines.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, TAGPMA The Americas PMA is a regional PMA created to cover the Americas area from Canada to the tip of Chile. The TAGPMA was created in 2005 and its membership and activities are still reduced The appearance of potential new CAs in LA supported by the EELA project have been welcomed by TAGPMA and will be a major catalyst for this charter This is a situation also welcomed by the EUgridPMA that has already too many members Members of the TAGPMA which operate a classic PKI based Authentication service, must operate the service under the Classic PKI Authentication Profile that is maintained by the EU Grid PMA The EELA CAs must join the TAGPMA now For more information see:

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, The EELA grid testbed  EELA aims to establish a common interoperable Pilot Grid Testbed between existing resources in Latin America and Europe. The grid infrastructure will be based on the EGEE middleware framework and the EELA Pilot Testbed will support dissemination activities and application exploitation. EELA Infrastructure will: –be based on EGEE middleware and interoperable with the EGEE infrastructure. –follow the international policy developments made in the context of EGEE. –setup an LA ROC following the EGEE model. EELA must be compatible with EGEE ! The EELA CAs will provide the certificates for authentication of users, hosts and services and must be compatible with the authentication infrastructure used in EGEE !

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Risks and future As a risk management measure it is wise to deploy a catchall CA in parallel (UFF): –This will allow the issuance of certificates in case of trouble with the deployment of the other EELA CAs –This would also allow to issue certificates to other organizations in non EELA countries if needed It will be good to identify other potential end entities and relying parties interested in the usage of certificates for grid computing in the EELA countries. –They should be informed about the EELA PKI deployment –Their input can be valuable –However this MUST not contribute to delay the CAs deployment –Once the CAs are operational there will be plenty of time for refinements and evolution

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Classic Profile What is it: –The CA signs and revokes certificates –These are long-term certificates (one year) –The CA has subordinate RAs that just perform the administrative task of checking the subject identity in different organizations or departments –The other possible profile is the SLCS where short lifetime certificates are issued based on other credentials such as kerberos tickets  Each CA issues certificates for its own organization  Still under considerable debate  It may lead to a huge proliferation of CAs causing scalability problems Advantages: –Is the most known CA profile –A lot of know-how and solutions do exist –Most of the CAs operating today use the classic profile –Is the easiest to support across administrative domains –The SLCS profile is still under discussion –The profile requirements are stable and controlled by EUgridPMA

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Classic Profile A network of subordinated RAs is necessary to perform the identity verification of the subjects The RAs will be created at the level of the organizations or at the level of departments: –Operating at university or research centre wide level (more difficult) –Operating at the level of a department or group –The CA can also operate an RA but don’t forget that the physical presence of the subject is required for identity verification –It is fine to have more than one RA per university or research centre if they are operating for different departments The RAs should be created only upon request, their creation should be user driven. CA RA Univ AUniv BUniv CUniv DUniv EUniv FUniv G

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Classic profile How to obtain a certificate: The certificate is issued by the CA The certificate is used as a key to access the grid A certificate request is performed The user identify is confirmed by the RA

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, X.509 certificates - service Service certificates are very similar to the host certificate in the previous example A service certificate is basically a host certificate issued for a particular service. Advantage: –the certificate can only be used for the intended service –the server can have a host certificate owned by the root user that for security reasons may not be shared, service certificates can be issued to end users for running specific services under their accounts The service certificate has the name of the service in the DN: – /C=PT/O=LIPCA/O=UP/OU=FEUP/CN=ldap/sun02.fe.up.pt –Other services can be used ex. imap, smtp, etc.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Revocation Lists The CAs have the obligation of issue Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) The CRLs contain: –a list of the revoked certificates –the date when they were issued –the end date CRLs are signed with the CA private key The CRLs must be published so that the relying parties can check the validity of the certificates –Usually available through http When a CRL expires all the issued certificates will fail until a new CRL becomes available. –THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN !!!

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CP/CPS The CP/CPS (certification policy/certification practice statement) defines: –the policies used in the certification process –how each CA operates This is the fundamental document for the CA approval that must be reviewed and approved by a PMA The document may evolve in time namely due to evolution of the CA minimum requirements (profile)

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA accreditation The review an acceptance of the EELA CAs will be conducted by the TAGPMA The EELA CA managers can contact the TAGPMA chairman and present themselves as a new CA to be established with the support of the EELA project: –Contact: Darcy Quesnel Please subscribe the TAGPMA mailling list: –http://www.tagpma.org/mailing_listshttp://www.tagpma.org/mailing_lists We are aiming at having a TAGPMA face-to-face meeting in Brazil by the end of March The CA CP/CPS documents ready for review by the charter should be made available and discussed before that (end of February)

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Accreditation TAGPMA has been idle so we don’t know exactly how the process of accreditation will take place, but based on our EUgridPMA experience: –The accreditation process is based ONLY in the review of the CP/CPS –Each CP/CPS is made available for review and comments to all PMA members –Furthermore at least two CA managers are nominated to review deeply each CP/CPS on behalf of the PMA  How deep it will depend on the persons actually performing the review  Most of the persons involved in the reviews are very exhaustive and demanding –The CP/CPS must be presented in face-to-face meetings  Hard questions can be raised about the CP/CPS  Make sure you fully understand the implications of what you have written –The Portuguese and Spanish CAs will join TAGPMA and will follow the process and will contribute to the review

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, The Classic CA Profile There should be a single Certification Authority (CA) organisation per country, large region or international organization. –Provide a short number of stable CAs CAs must be operated as a long-term commitment –They should remain operational after the end of the project A network of Registration Authorities (RA) for each CA is responsible for authentication of requests The CA will handle the task of: –issuing CRLs –signing Certificates/CRLs –revoking Certificates

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Identity Any single subject distinguished name (DN) must be linked to one and only one entity –DNs must be unique Over the entire lifetime of the CA a DN must not be linked to any other entity One entity can have more than one subject name for different key usages –One user can have more than one certificate –One server can have more than one certificate Certificates must not be shared among end entities –A certificate cannot be shared with other users –CAs and RAs must immediately revoke these certificates when such a violation of the CP/CPS is detected

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Identity vetting The CA must define the role of the registration authority (RA) –What it does and how it does it RAs are responsible for the identity vetting of all end-entities such as: –natural persons –network entities In order for an RA to validate the identity of a person, the subject should: –contact the RA face-to-face –present photo-id and/or valid official documents  showing that the subject is an acceptable end entity as defined in the CP/CPS document of the CA (for instance that the subject is an academic user)  showing that the subject is an acceptable end entity as defined in the RA operations rules (for instance that the subject belongs to the RA organization) For host or service certificate requests, the RA should validate the identity of the person in charge of the specific entities using a secure method –For instance accepting only requests signed by the system manager using a validate certificate The RA should validate the association of the certificate signing request with the subject –The certificate content must be related with the user

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Identity vetting The RAs must record and archive all requests and confirmations –For audit purposes –RAs should be audited by the CA The RA must communicate with the CA with secure methods clearly defined in the CP/CPS. –(e.g. Signed s, voice conversations with a known person, SSL protected private web pages that are bi-directionally authenticated)

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Operational requirements The CA computer, where the signing of the certificates will take place, needs to be a dedicated machine – running no other services than those needed for the CA operations The CA computer must be located in a secure environment –access is controlled, limited to specific trained personnel –must be kept disconnected from any kind of networks at all times !!! If the CA computer is equipped with at least a FIPS level 3 Hardware Security Module or equivalent, to protect the CA’s private key, the CA computer can be connected to a highly protected/monitored network –possibly accessible from the Internet –the secure environment must be documented and available for audit –extremely expensive (more than 7000 Euro) The CA Key must have a minimum length of 2048 bits for CAs that issue end-entity certificates the CA certificate lifetime: –must be no less than two times the maximum life time of an end entity certificate –should not be more than 20 years

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Operational requirements The private key of the CA must be protected with a pass phrase –of at least 15 characters –known only by specific personnel of the Certification Authority –except in the case of an HSM where an equivalent level of security must be maintained –some CAs protect the private key with two passwords known by two different persons so that for signing operations the agreement of both persons is necessary Copies of the encrypted private key must be kept on offline mediums in secure places where access is controlled –access controlled means that only CA authorized personnel should be able to have access to the CA private key (even in encrypted format) –for instance maintenance or cleaning personnel must be accompanied at all times when in the room where the keys are stored or the machines installed –preferably the CA keys should be stored in fire-proof safes –an off-site backup is advisable –the offline mediums should be preferably read only

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Operational requirements The CA also maintains online systems: –used as repository of certificates, CRLs, documentation etc –used to receive and process requests and to communicate with the RAs –usually this is a single machine running the CA management software and a web server to support the repository Also this machine needs to be kept in a secure environment, advise: –firewall protected –running only the essential services –services must be kept updated (security) –physical security

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: CP/CPS Identification Every CA must have a Certification Policy and Certificate Practice Statement For new CAs the CP/CPS documents must be structured as defined in RFC 3647 –This is a new format. Most CP/CPS were written in RFC 2527 –Examples:  PkirisGrid  AustrianGrid The CP/CPS must have an OID: –Whenever there is a change in the OID of the document must change –The OID prefix must be a private enterprise –A private enterprise number can be obtained from IANA Major CP/CPS changes must be: –announced to the accrediting PMA –approved before signing any certificates under the new CP/CPS All the CP/CPS under which valid certificates are issued must be available on the web

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Certificate and CRL The accredited authority must publish a X.509 certificate as a root of trust. The CA certificate must have the extensions keyUsage and basicConstraints marked as critical. The authority shall issue X.509 certificates to end-entities based on cryptographic data: –generated by the applicant –or based on cryptographic data that can be held only by the applicant on a secure hardware token The EE keys must be at least 1024 bits long The EE certificates must have a maximum lifetime of 1 year plus 1 month The end-entity certificates must be in X.509v3 format and compliant with RFC3280 The message digests of the certificates and CRLs must be generated by a trustworthy mechanism, like SHA1 –MD5 must not be used

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Certificate and CRL If a commonName (CN) component is used as part of the subject DN, it should contain an appropriate presentation of the actual name of the end-entity. In the certificate extensions: –a Policy Identifier must be included and must contain an OID and an OID only –CRLDistributionPoints must be included and contain at least one http URL –keyUsage must be included and marked as critical –basicConstraints should be included, and when included it must be set to ‘CA: false’ and marked as critical –if an OCSP responder, operated as a production service by the issuing CA, is available, AuthorityInfoAccess must be included and contain at least one URI –for certificates bound to network entities, a FQDN shall be included as a dnsName in the SubjectAlternativeName

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Revocation The CA must publish a CRL containing the numbers of the revoked certificates When a request for certificate revocation is received: –the CA must react as soon as possible, –but within one working day After each revocation a CRL must be issued immediately For CAs issuing certificates to end-entities: –the maximum CRL lifetime must be at most 30 days –the CA must issue a new CRL at least 7 days before expiration and immediately after a revocation The CRLs must be published in a repository at least accessible via the World Wide Web, as soon as issued Properly authenticated revocation requests can be made by: –end-entities –registration Authorities –the CA itself Others can request revocation if they can sufficiently prove compromise or exposure of the associated private key End-entities must request revocation if: –the private key pertaining to the certificate is lost or has been compromised –if the data in the certificate are no longer valid

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: Key changeover When the CA’s cryptographic data needs to be changed: –such a transition shall be managed –from the time of distribution of the new cryptographic data, only the new key will be used for certificate signing purposes The overlap of the old and new key must be at least the longest time an end-entity cert can be valid. The older but still valid certificate and private key must be available (until all the certificates signed using the associated private key have also expired): –to verify old signatures –to sign CRLs

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: site security The pass phrase of the encrypted private key must be kept also on an offline medium: –separated from the encrypted keys –guarded in a safe place where only the authorized personnel of the Certification Authority have access Alternatively, another documented procedure that is equally secure may be used.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: repository Each authority must publish for their subscribers, relying parties and for the benefit of distribution by the PMA and the federation: –a CA root certificate or set of CA root certificates up to a self-signed root –a http or https URL of the PEM-formatted CA certificate –a http URL of the PEM or DER formatted CRL –a http or https URL of the web page of the CA for general information –the CP and/or CPS documents –an official contact address for inquiries and fault reporting –a physical of postal contact address The repository must be run at least on a best-effort basis, with an intended continuous availability. The CA should provide a means to validate the integrity of their root of trust. –A link to a recognized root certificates repository (TACAR in Europe) The CA shall provide their trust anchor to a trust anchor repository: –specified by the accrediting PMA –via the method specified in the policy of the trust anchor repository The originating authority must grant to the PMA and the Federation – by virtue of its accreditation – the right of unlimited re-distribution of this information.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: repository It is advisable to publish the CA root certificate and CRL –in PEM format for grid nodes and other applications –in DER format in order to enable direct download into browsers All versions of the CP/CPS document must be available online

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: audits The CA must record and archive: –all requests for certificates –all the issued certificates –all the requests for revocation –all the issued CRLs –the login/logout/reboot of the issuing machine. These CA records must be: –kept for at least three years. –made available to external auditors in the course of their work as auditor. Each CA must accept being audited by other accredited CAs to verify its compliance with the rules and procedures specified in its CP/CPS document. The CA should perform operational audits of the CA/RA staff at least once per year. A list of CA and RA personnel should be maintained and verified at least once per year.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: privacy and confidentiality Accredited CAs must define a privacy and data release policy compliant with the relevant national legislation –check you national legislation –It may require the explicit authorization of the subject to store or publish some of its data identification and contact data The CA is responsible for recording, at the time of validation, sufficient information regarding the subscribers to identify the subscriber. –the CA is not required to release such information unless provided by a valid legal request according to national laws applicable to that CA. –The CA must maintain a record of the identifications performed and the correspondence with the certificate DN

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA profile: compromise and disaster The CA must have an adequate compromise and disaster recovery procedure, and we willing to discuss this procedure in the PMA. –store the CA keys and backups in secure offsite locations –have machines available that can be reinstalled to serve as signing machine or CA web server –describe the procedure to recover and reinstall the systems –have a backup location at a different geographic location (in case of natural disaster) The procedure need not be disclosed in the policy and practice statements. The CA should make a reasonable effort to make sure that end-entities realize the importance of properly protecting their private data. –users must be informed of their obligations –providing a short list of obligations and security routines can be useful It’s upon the user to protect his private key with a pass phrase at least 12 characters long.

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, RA operations The operation of the RAs must be: –in accordance with the CA CP/CPS –defined in a document for each RA The RA operation in general: –Each RA must have one responsible person (manager)  A deputy is advisable –The manager can nominate one or more operators –Both the manager and the operators can authorize requests –All RA personnel must be trained in CA/RA operations and security –The selection method of the personnel should be defined –The CA must be informed officially of any change of RA personnel (eg: a letter signed and stamped) –The first manager must be identified/authenticated by the CA in person –Each RA should have a unique namespace (subject DN prefix) to avoid DN name collisions –The community supported by the RA must be well defined –The method used to identify subjects must be fully described including the enforcement of any additional requirements imposed by the CA or by the RA (eg. relation with an organization)

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA/RA namespaces The namespace definition is of the responsibility of the CA however depending on this definition the RA can also be involved eg. (just an example based on the LIP CA namespace...) –/C=PT/O=LIPCA/  CA prefix should be unique across CAs –/C=PT/O=LIPCA/O=UMINHO  The second /O= designates the organization of the subject and also the RA –/C=PT/O=LIPCA/O=UMINHO/OU=DI  The /OU=DI in the LIP case is optional and can be used to identify a department within the organization  It is used to designate an RA within the organization when an organization has multiple RAs

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA/RA namespaces About the CN and full DN: –/C=PT/O=LIPCA/O=UMINHO/OU=DI/CN=Jose A Sousa  each DN must be unique: Long enough to avoid collisions Add something (number,... ) when duplications are found Possibly using the person full name is the best option  each DN must be bound to the same subject for the lifetime of the CA  The CN must have a clear direct relation with the CN  Don’t forget that the certificates are for grid computing, don’t create names (or extensions) that may create problems for the middleware  Please don’t add the address to the CN “/ =“  Please don’t use accents  Some characters may have special meanings for the applications (eg. The “-” character is recognized by globus as an wildcard)  Some characters are not allowed (eg. “/” and “.” in user certificates)

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Renewal Two types of renewals: –End entities certificate renewals –CA certificate renewals End entities: –The certificates maximum lifetime is 1 year + 1 month –The idea is that at the end of the year (12 th month) a new certificate is issued –You should warn the users (EE) about the coming expiration and the need to renew –Since the new certificate will be issued at the end of the 12 th month (or beginning of the 13 th ) there will be an overlap of two certificates:  this is used to avoid a situation where the certificate will expire rendering the service or the user without grid access  don’t forget there are users submitting jobs that may take days or weeks  during this period there will be two certificates with the same DN –Don’t revoke a certificate to issue a new one unless the certificate has been compromised or the user has ceased his activity or liaison which entitles him to have a certificate

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Renewal End entities: –During a renewal it is not required to make the EE to pass through the identification procedure:  This is a big advantage for both the EE and the RA  However a maximum renewal number without identification is advisable (for instance: every two years the EE must pass through the identification again)  However the relation with the organization should still be performed (if this requirement is being used) –In order not to pass through the identification the renewal request must be signed with the user certificate, examples:  signed with user certificate  CA/RA Web interface that would identify the user certificate –If the user certificate expires before renewal the procedure for a new certificate must be followed

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Renewal CA certificate: –This is a delicate procedure –A new CA certificate must be issued before the old one expires  The overlap time must be at least equal to the largest possible lifetime of the EE certificates (1 year + 1 month)  The new CA must have a higher serial number !!! Including in the file names of type hash.n, hash.rn etc –Once the new certificate is issued the old one cannot be used to sign new certificates  You cannot have EE certificates with larger lifetimes than the lifetime of the signing CA certificate  The old CA must still be around to issue CRLs and authenticate old EE certificates –The new CA distribution kit must be created and publish by IGTF –The new kit must be installed everywhere –Make the CA lifetime long enough so that you don’t need to do this frequently  20 years is the maximum with 2048 bit keys  Probably 4096 bit keys are a better option (currently only two CAs use that)

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA management software The commercial solutions are very expensive Most classic CAs are based on open source software –OpenCA –Custom solutions based on OpenSSL OpenCA is powerful but also complex and difficult to customize The Spanish Rediris CA has developed a custom solution based on OpenSSL that will be packaged and made available Typical architecture: –based on web interfaces –the CA maintains  a server connected to the network  a workstation to sign certificates disconnected from the network –the subscribers use the server web interface to request, download, renew, revoke certificates –The RAs use the server web interface to authorize or refuse certificates request and request revocations –The CA uses the server to obtain requests that are then processed in the signing workstation

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, CA management software The web based CA management software is easy to use however you should consider it carefully: –Compatibility with different browsers can be a problem –Sometimes even a different version of a supported browser breaks things –Test the software carefully with as much browsers as possible –Security can be a concern when the machines from which the certificate requests are performed are public machines in a public terminal room –Sometimes people may not take all necessary precautions when generating the keys (namely protecting the private key with a password) –Exporting the certificate from the browser to the disk and converting it from pkcs12 to PEM can be a problem for certain users –You may consider having a backup solution to perform the certificate requests not based on browsers

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Milestones Milestones: –M7 July - M2.2.1 Latin American CA infrastructure operational  This milestone is attained when the first PKI authentication infrastructure in Latin America is operational. –M7 July - M2.2.2 EELA VO infrastructure operational  This milestone is attained when the structure for definitions and operation of Virtual organizations has been deployed in Latin America. Deliverables: –D M4 Project execution plan –D M12 Authentication and Authorization status report  This report will attest the initial status of Certification Authorities (CA) and Virtual Organizations (VO) before the project, and what has been accomplished during the first year. –D M12 E-infrastructure management report –D M24 Final authentication and authorization status report  This report will attest the final status of Certification Authorities (CA) and Virtual Organizations (VO) in EELA, including future perspectives. –D M24 Final E-infrastructure management report

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Maintenance Each time the CP/CPS is incremented the OID of the CP/CPS must be incremented as well If these changes are major the PMA will have to accept the changes prior to the issuance of certificates under the new CP/CPS When the changes have been approved the new certificates must be issued containing the new OID The CA managers should attend the PMA meetings and contribute to the charter activities If you can’t attend the meetings in person try to attend them through videoconference

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FP6−2004−Infrastructures−6-SSA E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America Madrid, Kick-off Meeting, Next steps Subscribe the TAGPMA mailing list –Now Prepare the CP/CPS documents using RFC3647 –Have the documents ready by the end of February Review internally the CP/CPS documents –Must be done quickly Have the documents ready for revision by the charter –Mid March First TAGPMA face-to-face meeting in Brazil –End of March – Vinod – TBC Meanwhile start to participate in the charter activities –Phone conferences